Word: phils
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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George Bush, former head of the Central Intelligence Agency, John Connally, former governor of Texas, and Rep. Phil Crane (R-Ill.) have already agreed to come, Mitropoulos said...
...Phil Garner of the Pirates and the Reds' George Foster also belted home runs in the protracted battle...
...Phil King netted both goals for the visitors, with his second tally providing the winning margin at the 32:45 mark of the second half...
...knuckleball can be torture. Passed balls and wild pitches are common; stealing is easy because the catcher is busy netting a butterfly. Rare indeed is the knuckleball catcher who makes it through a season without injury: last month Braves Catcher Bruce Benedict dislocated a finger pursuing one of Phil's pitches and Houston's Alan Ashby is now out of the lineup with a finger fractured by one of Joe's floaters. Ashby's catching technique when Niekro is on the mound: "You just get in front of the ball and pray. It's like...
Atlanta's Phil Niekro, who helped his brother master the knuckler, now watches his success with wistful pleasure: "It's great that we're both having good years, but I'd like to play on a contending club, feel what it's like to go into a clubhouse every day and know you're going to be in the thick of a pennant race." The experience, Joe says, is so good it's almost like the old days in the backyard. "Pitching for me now," says Joe Niekro, "is just like going...